1 El vino es burlador y alborotador el licor, Y cualquiera que en ello se desvía no es sabio. 2 Como rugido de león es la ira del rey, El que provoca su ira expone su propia vida. 3 Honra del hombre es evitar la contienda, Pero todo insensato se envolverá en ella. 4 En otoño no ara el holgazán, Rebuscará en la cosecha y nada hallará. 5 Como agua profunda es el propósito en el corazón del hombre, Pero el hombre entendido logrará extraerlo. 6 Muchos hombres proclaman su propia bondad, Pero un hombre fiel, ¿quién lo hallará? 7 El justo camina en su integridad, Después de él, sus hijos son muy dichosos. 8 Un rey sentado en el tribunal, Con su mirada disipa toda maldad. 9 ¿Quién podrá decir: Tengo mi conciencia limpia, Estoy purificado de mi pecado? 10 Pesa falsa y medida falsa, Ambas son repugnancia a Yavé. 11 Aun el muchacho es conocido por sus hechos, Si su conducta es limpia y recta. 12 El oído que oye y el ojo que ve, Ambas cosas las hizo Yavé. 13 No ames el sueño No sea que te empobrezcas. Abre tus ojos y te saciarás de pan. 14 Es malo, es malo, dice el comprador, Pero cuando se va, se jacta. 15 Existe el oro y multitud de piedras preciosas, Pero los labios sabios son algo más precioso. 16 Tómale la ropa al que salió fiador de un extraño, Y tómale prenda cuando da garantía a los forasteros. 17 Sabroso es al hombre el pan mal adquirido, Pero después su boca estará llena de fragmentos de piedra. 18 Confirma los planes por medio del consejo, Y con sabias estrategias haz la guerra. 19 El que revela secretos levanta calumnia, Por tanto, no te metas con un chismoso. 20 Al que insulte a su padre o a su madre, Se le apagará su lámpara en medio de la oscuridad. 21 Herencia adquirida con robo al comienzo, Al fin no será bendita. 22 No digas: Yo me vengaré. Espera a Yavé, y Él te salvará. 23 Las pesas desiguales son repugnancia a Yavé, Y una balanza con trampa no es buena. 24 De Yavé son los pasos del hombre, ¿Cómo, pues, podrá el hombre entender su camino? 25 Trampa es al hombre el voto apresurado, Y después de hacerlo, reflexionar. 26 El rey sabio dispersa a los perversos, Y hace pasar sobre ellos la rueda de trillar. 27 Lámpara de Yavé es el espíritu del hombre, Que escudriña lo más recóndito del ser. 28 Misericordia y verdad preservan al rey, Y la clemencia sustenta su trono. 29 La gloria de los jóvenes es su fortaleza, Y el esplendor de los ancianos, sus canas. 30 Las marcas de los azotes purifican del mal, Y los golpes llegan a lo íntimo del corazón.
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Cross references (30)
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- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
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For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)